by CCHR Florida | Feb 28, 2011 | ECT
Dr. John Breeding speaks about the FDA hearing on the ECT Device A Final Tribute and Final Word My work is challenging psychiatric oppression. One source of my education on oppression theory is the Re-evaluation Counseling Community. From them I learned...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 25, 2011 | Children and Teens, Suicide
If there is one thing that I believe we can all agree on, it’s that children committing suicide due to psychotropic medication is unacceptable and must stop. CCHR Florida has been meeting with many Florida families to get this important message to them....
by CCHR Florida | Feb 23, 2011 | ECT
FDA panel advises more testing of ‘shock-therapy’ devices By David Brown Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, January 28, 2011; 10:10 PM An expert panel advising the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided Friday that electroconvulsive...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 22, 2011 | Fraud
A widening federal investigation into a Miami-based company accused of Medicare fraud netted the arrest of several doctors along with more than a dozen other defendants. BY JAY WEAVER February 15, 2011 A trio of doctors altered the diagnoses and...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 22, 2011 | Children and Teens
“House Bill 23 hits a rare political sweet spot. The proposal to create an independent clinic review of the drugs foster children are given has support from Democrats and Republicans because of its efforts to protect the vulnerable – and projections that...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 22, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
In December of 2005, The FDA issued a warning about Paxil causing birth defects in infants whose mothers took this drug during the first trimester of pregnancy. The above linked website, appropriately named “Defective Drugs” mentions Paxil’s connection not only...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 16, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
There is plenty of marketing today to make you think that if you are depressed you should consult your doctor and see if an antidepressant such as Prozac, Pristiq, Paxil and the like is right for you. But are these antidepressants effective? In the article These...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 15, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
Our Worst Dreams Coming True The commonly prescribed anti-depressant Prozac has been linked to violence in its users. A recent trend of bizarre school massacres, child murders/suicides by mothers, and other senseless acts of violence motivated investigation into the...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 14, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
Triazolam, also known as Halcion, is a sleep aide proven addictive. It belongs to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines, which also includes Valium and Ativan. In this article from Associated Content by Yahoo, many of the unique and unpleasant side effects...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 10, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
Varenicline (Chantix) is an anti-smoking drug linked to violent behavior. One site describes some of the dangerous side effects of this drug: “Serious neuropsychiatric events including, but not limited to, depression, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt and...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 2, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
What are some of the major Thorazine side effects? Dubbed by some, a chemical lobotomy, from its inception-the main purpose of the psychiatric drug Thorazine has been to keep mental patients quiet and manageable. In 1952, French psychiatrists, Dr. Delay...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 2, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
Cymbalta is the brand name for duloxetine, an antidepressant made by Eli Lilly. Side effects are expected while taking drugs, but Cymbalta has been singled out by the FDA because it has a HIGHER than expected rate of suicide attempts. Starting with the...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 31, 2011 | ECT
Update on FDA Panel on ECT Devices FDA advisory panel recommends more testing of ECT devices. The New York Times(1/29, B7, Wilson) reports that after a two-day meeting, the Food and Drug Administration’s Neurological Devices Advisory Committee...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 28, 2011 | Psychiatric Abuse
Find out how millions of children are being given dangerous drugs to treat disorders a number of medical experts say do not exist. Learn how a number of educators and parents are being purposely misled about the reasons for learning and behavioral...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 25, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
Abilify side effects can lead to death or permanent disability. In a video by Andy Behrman, former spokesman for Abilify and Bristol Myers Squibb he states, “On Abilify I started to experience one by one, all the side effects they talk about in those TV...